Butter-scoop.



No. 665.277. r Patented-Ian. I, IQOI.

' R. A. SIMPSON.

BUTTER scoop;

(Application filad Apr. 2, 1900.)

(No mum ATTORNEY,

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS A. SIMPSON, OF FERNDALE, CALIFORNIA.-

BUTTER- SGOO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,277, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUS A. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ferndale, in the county of Humboldt and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter- Scoops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in butter-scoops, the object of my invention being to provide a device of this character which shall be more effective for the purpose intended than those heretofore in use by more securely holding the butter or other substance from slipping off and also by enabling the hand to get a better hold upon the scoop.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l isa view of the top or outer side of the scoop. Fig. 2 is a View of the edge which is held uppermost in using the scoop. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, partly broken away. Fig. 4 is an end view of the scoop. Fig. 5 is an under view, partly in section, of the knob or handle for holding the scoop; and Fig. 6 is I abroken top view of a modified form of the device.

1 represents the=scoop proper, which is of a general oblong form, curved longitudinally, but straight on the transverse section thereof. The edge 2, which is uppermost in using the scoop, may be left square or blunt, as shown; but each of the other edges-namely, the opposite longitudinal edge 3, the entering edge 4, and the back edge 5are sharp. The entering edge 4 is made sharp in order to cut or penetrate the butter, and the juncture 6 of the two edges 3 4c,which may be called the point of the scoop, is also made sharp or thin for the same purpose. The corners 7 8 of the back edge are rounded off to prevent the scoop from catching on the edge of the churn when taking butter out of the churn. The corners of the entering edge 9 6 are rounded off to prevent injuring the churn or other receptacle when removing butter by digging into the same.

The knob 10 provides a convenient means for holding the scoop by the hand. Its stem is set nearer one long side of the scoop than the other, so that when the thumb is on one side of the stem and the fingers on the other the hand rests substantially against the middle of the scoop. Said stem is also set obliquely to the surface of the scoop, as shown in Fig. 4, in order to give the proper bearing Serial No. 11,242. (No model.)

for the knuckle of the index-finger and the joint of the thumb, and the under side of the knob is slightly concaved to provide a convenient support for the upper side of said knuckle and joint. For this purpose also a depression 11 is made in the under side for the knuckle of the index-finger and a depression 12 for the joint of the thumb.

By setting the stem obliquely in the scoop the thumb receives a suitable support from the under surface of the scoop on one side of the stem, while on the other side the under surface of the scoop is raised sufficiently high to permit the knuckles to be raised to allow of a firm pressure by the tips of the fingers against the back of the scoop.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification of the invention in which the end is cut obliquely, as shown at 16, this construction being particularly adapted for picking up butter from a level surface, as it permits the entering edge of the scoop to be brought parallel with said level surface with a more natural position of the hand and without twisting the same, and thus prevents the lower corner or point of the edge striking the bottom first.

I claim- A butter-scoop, oblong in form, having a convex back curved longitudinally having a sharp lower edge, and having a stem extending from the convex back of the scoop and a knob upon said stem, said stem being nearer one of the long sides of the scoop than the other, whereby the hand rests substantially against the middle of the scoop when the thumb is on one side of the stem and the fingers on the other side, and the stem being set obliquely in said back, inclined toward the nearer long side, whereby the thumb finds a support against the under surface of the knob on that side, while the under surface of the knob on the other side of the stem is sufficiently high to permit the knuckles to be raised to allow of a firm pressure by the tips of the fingers against the back of the scoop, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUFUS A. SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

O. F. ROCKLIFF, O. T. MILLS. 

